Table 1.
Demographics of respondents
| Demographic characteristics, n=161 | N (%) | |
| Age range (years) | 21–30 | 26 (16) |
| 31–40 | 79 (48) | |
| 41–50 | 44 (27) | |
| >50 | 17 (10) | |
| Gender | Male | 34 (21) |
| Female | 127 (79) | |
| Profession | Physician | |
| Consultant | 26 (15) | |
| Registrar/House Officer | 45 (28) | |
| Medical Officer | 26 (16) | |
| Non-physician | ||
| Nurse/nurse-midwife | 62 (39) | |
| Community Health Extension Worker/Officer | 9 (6) | |
| Years of practice | <5 | 28 (17) |
| 5–10 | 62 (37) | |
| 11–15 | 35 (21) | |
| 16–20 | 20 (12) | |
| >20 | 21 (13) | |
| Location of practice | North East | 2 (1) |
| North West | 7 (4) | |
| North Central* | 100 (60) | |
| South East | 12 (7) | |
| South West | 32(19) | |
| South South | 14 (8) | |
| Type of healthcare facility | Government—Tertiary care | 72 (43) |
| Government—Secondary care | 34 (20) | |
| Government—Primary care | 20 (12) | |
| Private | 41 (25) | |
| Specialty | General paediatrics | 98 (64) |
| Subspecialty paediatrics | 22 (14) | |
| Other specialties | 34 (22) | |
*North Central: Abuja Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the capital city of Nigeria, is located in North-Central Nigeria and was the location of the conference.